Shoshana Olidort

Aug 11, 2024 | jewishreviewofbooks.com | Cole Aronson |Akiva Schick |Shoshana Olidort

Eicha, the lament for the Temple of Solomon ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah, is in part a book against language. Its eponymous opening (often translated “alas!”) is as much a cry as a word. In the first two chapters the enemies of the Israelites taunt and jeer. The Israelite children ask their parents for food but the Israelite parents themselves manage only to sigh. The elders are sitting on the ground and not speaking. God was apparently doing likewise.

Jun 22, 2023 | ayinpress.org | Shoshana Olidort